tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3452007250221117551.post2166901870177301410..comments2015-03-03T15:50:23.855+05:30Comments on Shobhaa De: " Show me the money....."Shobhaa Dehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05610708004901279105noreply@blogger.comBlogger39125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3452007250221117551.post-75166942998125168022014-07-04T10:35:10.899+05:302014-07-04T10:35:10.899+05:30A truly motivational and life changing book
This b... A truly motivational and life changing book<br />This book is really a good book which shows us right path. but i read<br />one more book named &quot;ONE BOOK FOR LIFE SUCCESS&quot; which is truly<br />motivational and life changing . .The writer has described in Plain English with lot of examples which is easy to understand...For More<br />Please watch the videohttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=biORjS8ngv0Siva Coolhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05991290085384670906noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3452007250221117551.post-724454391064807092010-01-31T22:48:46.363+05:302010-01-31T22:48:46.363+05:30Hi,
Your blogs make an interesting read and now w...Hi,<br /><br />Your blogs make an interesting read and now wonder you have so many followers.<br /><br />There is another typical case of how media is being prejudiced and managed and not by the accused but by the accusers.<br /><br />I am referring to infamous Madhu Koda and his Rs.4000 cr. Hawala Scam. You may find out how PIL against Madhu Koda accusing him of Rs. 4000 cr. scam may be a bogus proxy lititgation. However the conspirators have managed the media so well and prejudiced the concerned authorities that the accused has been established guilty as charged in the eyes of almost entire country.<br /><br />You may find the detailed story at the following blog.<br /><br />http://pilbuster.blogspot.com<br /><br />alternative link http://bit.ly/PIL28Jan<br /><br />I am not comfortable divulging my identity at this stage because of the sensitive nature of the information.<br /><br />I am posting this message on this particular post of yours because this is a relevant post. However with due permission I would like to post it on a more recent one because I would like more people to see the other side of the story.<br /><br />And absolutely nothing like you giving your take on what we have to say. Unbiased and exactly how you see it. We are open to any sort of criticism.<br /><br />Regards <br />P.I.L. Buster<br />pilbuster@gmail.comP.I.L. BUSTERhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10602935612554804982noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3452007250221117551.post-37824039075133370112009-11-09T15:34:44.089+05:302009-11-09T15:34:44.089+05:30ya that is true...
Work from home Indiaya that is true...<br /><br /><a href="http://www.workfromhomeindia.biz" rel="nofollow"> Work from home India </a>mahahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04755569756928756220noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3452007250221117551.post-73871096293978605052009-06-01T12:06:33.268+05:302009-06-01T12:06:33.268+05:30Marcia refers to a very obvious dichotomy in my vi...Marcia refers to a very obvious dichotomy in my views ( Ajay Goyal , re WSJ article on Pay Per Say, media corruption )<br />What a difference three weeks make in politics! When I made the speech at Swami Ramdev's Patanjali mission in early April I was not yet a candidate. My view was that of Indian media in 1970s and 80s and also of a media propreitor. I own The Russia Journal from Moscow and Washington. I had always looked up to Indian newspapers in their 1980s avataar.The I spent 20 years outside India and had no idea what had happened to the last bastion of democracy back home. Three weeks later, into my Chandigarh campaign I was shocked and saddened to find how news was being sold. How editors had been corrupted. How newspaper and TV proprietors and cable news managers were doing outright extortion. I had heard about media bias but what I saw took my breath away - it is the worst form of corruption in media anywhere in the world even if compared with countries having worst record on democracy and freedom of speech. Include Russia in that list.<br />Its been a revelation for me, and what a sad one at that Its never pleasant when icons and idols fall. Indian media has been a giant of righteousness for me. I have been wrong.Ajayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13089489769478884240noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3452007250221117551.post-4742937735861206512009-05-26T18:27:23.018+05:302009-05-26T18:27:23.018+05:30de....
Honesty is a virtue we are not born with a...de....<br /><br />Honesty is a virtue we are not born with anymore.......infact being truthful and honest is looked down upon as being loose in the head.......its a path we all choose and how we feel at the end to face oneself in the mirror .............thats whts going to decide ones attitude to the system and everythng around.<br /><br />Luv <br /><br />Kris<br /><br />P.S CHEER UP GIRLkrishhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11030611428144437213noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3452007250221117551.post-33167734034119959972009-05-26T14:45:48.763+05:302009-05-26T14:45:48.763+05:30you write for toi...why do they call some ipl team...you write for toi...why do they call some ipl teams by their real name and others as team hyderabad, team chennai, etc?Peelerajahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00752298947741450496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3452007250221117551.post-82100058222273375312009-05-26T11:17:34.436+05:302009-05-26T11:17:34.436+05:30Press in loosing out on the trust that was instrum...Press in loosing out on the trust that was instrumental in their exponential growth.<br />Maybe it’s because so many reporters are in bed with the rich and powerful.<br />Can you imagine a channel News 24 run by Anurada something!) and consider herself a Journo dishing out programs like Sonianama and advertising it. Also ne of their programs was titled Laloonama and Prakash Karat ka Kaarnaama. Avoid watching news channel in the presence of your children. They too will loose their taste.<br /><br />read more:<br /><br />http://omsherryom.wordpress.com/2009/05/09/journalists-as-corporates/omsherryomhttp://omsherryom.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3452007250221117551.post-48177490277532536282009-05-25T14:05:41.007+05:302009-05-25T14:05:41.007+05:30greatposting...keep doing more...
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http://...greatposting...keep doing more...<br /><br /><br />thanks<br />http://www.yesdeeracks.compositive attittudehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17622487894187408793noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3452007250221117551.post-54513097123017632922009-05-25T10:35:19.483+05:302009-05-25T10:35:19.483+05:30wtf??wtf??athihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10894748673333657169noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3452007250221117551.post-30896195682211338432009-05-25T10:28:26.501+05:302009-05-25T10:28:26.501+05:30Disgusting but true fact about Indian Media... I s...Disgusting but true fact about Indian Media... I suppose people like Shobhaa who are fearless need to expose the media, if not the Bharkhas, Rajdeeps and Sagarikas will make merry by fooling people....Rajeshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00723282018640783787noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3452007250221117551.post-40487564046902450952009-05-25T10:00:23.500+05:302009-05-25T10:00:23.500+05:30corruption..............!!!
the less said the bett...corruption..............!!!<br />the less said the better!!!Gajendrahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12164273738803562005noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3452007250221117551.post-86043103001642669502009-05-25T09:03:42.630+05:302009-05-25T09:03:42.630+05:30@ Shobhaa De &amp; Another Kiran....
I couldn&#39...@ Shobhaa De &amp; Another Kiran....<br /><br />I couldn&#39;t agree more with the two of you.<br />Reader&#39;s Digest is a monthly general-interest family magazine that I have been subscribing for a decade now. I love the human connect that is brought about in many of it&#39;s true life stories, some that touch your soul &amp; completely engulf you with the belief that &#39;YOU CAN SHARE&#39;!<br /><br />It&#39;s extremely rewarding when you share thoughts &amp; beliefs, either out of desperation or with utmost revolt.<br />We have lost that liberty to share. I&#39;m still very much attracted to independent writer&#39;s like Shobhaa De &amp; RD for credible news.<br />Hopefully, not everything can be so gloomy.Nandinihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08840265942813633770noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3452007250221117551.post-53534546601342222502009-05-25T09:01:32.475+05:302009-05-25T09:01:32.475+05:30This comment has been removed by the author.Nandinihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08840265942813633770noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3452007250221117551.post-71964735130613276822009-05-25T08:49:37.612+05:302009-05-25T08:49:37.612+05:30This comment has been removed by the author.Nandinihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08840265942813633770noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3452007250221117551.post-76598297771443293132009-05-25T06:54:24.482+05:302009-05-25T06:54:24.482+05:30This comment has been removed by the author.introspectionhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10820207734329529880noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3452007250221117551.post-77970816783703486392009-05-24T20:14:10.770+05:302009-05-24T20:14:10.770+05:30This expose was a long time coming! It certainly w...This expose was a long time coming! It certainly was!<br /><br />Unfortunate that it took a foreign publication to actually put it out there, but then perhaps WSJ was not going to lose readers because of what happened in India. WSJ would still get published and exactly the same number of copies would be sold every morning whether this story about "publication by auction in far away India" was in it or not. A few think tanks in Washington probably tutt tutted and a few CIA memos were probably circulated asking field desks to get more information on the newspapers and prepare yet another analytical report on the "press scene in India" to be filed away until some editorial team in a desi newspaper had to be bribed to publish something during the next "nuclear crisis" in the subcontinent. No real repercussions anywhere. Certainly not in India. The "press business" will continue as usual.<br /><br />All over the world, all newspapers and media outlets have some bias. How could they not? They have editorials to write every single day. However there are other factors that rightly or wrongly influence an editorial stance.<br /><br />For many news papers in the west, business (circulation) as the bottom line would be the important factor influencing editorial content. Advertising revenue is not as driven via political agenda of big business as it is through the buying power of individual consumers.<br /><br />Is it the same in India? I think not. The free press is a myth. Well not completely a myth, else independent thinkers like you would have been silenced a long time ago... but certainly the press is compromised. The crusading journalist in mainstream media is extinct. All for a variety of reasons unique to India.<br /><br />Perhaps lots of newspapers in India dont merely depend on circulation. Advertising which is the major revenue earner is very much politically influenced through business houses. So if a business house has a mutually parasitic relationship with an influential political party, it is certainly going to want to keep pet media outlets on leash.Ofcourse both partners in the parasitic relationship have enough money to keep a lot of journalists fed and watered.<br /><br />Another factor (that I am probably going to get crucified for mentioning) could be the ingrained feudal attitude and subconcious desire for feudal subjugation in desi culture. All this on the part of the editorial team, owners, and thier lackeys and... why not also include the readers.<br /><br />Being subservient to a higher authority is sometimes more comfortable and more familiar in our cultural context. We strive so hard for our daily meal, so why not just place our head at the feet of our "maibaap" at the end of the day. Perhaps they wont kick us away everyday. We are too tired to move anyway. Could the news papers and thier employees just doing what is easier for themselves? Can it just be ingrained in our DNA now? Like you mentioned the line... ask them to stoop and they will crawl.<br /><br />Something else to think about. You have impeccable decades long journalistic credibility. Could the editors (who are also longstanding coworkers and perhaps friends) getting thier dirty work done by thier junior staff? To indicate to you that they are perhaps not quite as independent as you would like them to be, or that editorial bias has just changed. I am not much for conspiracy theories but that was the first thought that came to mind.<br /><br />Publish your column here. Those of us who mourn the loss of a responsible press should link it to our blogs and spread it far and wide.<br /><br />I think I need a snack now. Being incensed and writing in a mad frenzy always makes me hungry!Another Kiran In NYChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15949641865013106368noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3452007250221117551.post-43353495024473853182009-05-24T16:50:08.492+05:302009-05-24T16:50:08.492+05:30Hey Shobha...
Newspapers print anything. Mostly f...Hey Shobha...<br /><br />Newspapers print anything. Mostly false. Anything printed even in the top newspapers cannot and shouldnt be fully believed. I learnt that a long time back thru a personal experience and i was shocked to say the least. <br />Regarding your article, well u can always run it here lady, on your own personal blog, where no juniors or seniors can stop you. So go right ahead Lady, we are waiting !!!Falchttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07132664366050034930noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3452007250221117551.post-38007649613936133722009-05-24T16:33:25.545+05:302009-05-24T16:33:25.545+05:30It is not a big surprise. Here in Chennai, where ...It is not a big surprise. Here in Chennai, where everything including corruption has been meticulously standardised, the "cover culture" has also been standardised and fine-tuned. DMK, PMK, Congress, DMDK, VKC and even BJP are following it. If "covers" are not on the table, you can expect no coverage or a "mean" coverage.S. Krishnamoorthyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13692162311146007399noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3452007250221117551.post-20972542452531127802009-05-24T13:34:48.445+05:302009-05-24T13:34:48.445+05:30I have been a sportsperson and I have seen somethi...I have been a sportsperson and I have seen something like this but on a much smaller level. I remember whenever the guys won in some major tournament the press walas would take the news but it was never published, until our Coach realised a bottle o'happiness had to be gifted along, only then the things got moving.<br />first time in 30 years! that is very offensive indeed, perhaps junior lackey needs some whacking but I'm sure they'll bend and crawl.Jogeshwarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13302433204956480730noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3452007250221117551.post-78711980874311710252009-05-24T12:40:59.856+05:302009-05-24T12:40:59.856+05:30Stardust owes its initial success to you. Stardust...Stardust owes its initial success to you. Stardust tried to promote many new comers like Vijay Arora and others against stalwarts like Rajesh Khanna and Amitabh Bachchan. What Stardust wanted was not what people wanted. Afterwards it sank to the gutter level demolishing and demonising personalities like Aamir Khan using disgruntled persons like Mahesh Bhatt. And it wrote and is still writing praising inconsequential stars and castigating some others making one wondering about the intents of the journalist concerned. Atleast our national newspapers have not sunk so low and they are fairly ok.kalahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01689987224896883318noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3452007250221117551.post-3447517224489445392009-05-24T10:52:21.180+05:302009-05-24T10:52:21.180+05:30m sure itz TOI, missed your column today.m sure itz TOI, missed your column today.obssesorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12874684049009659315noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3452007250221117551.post-2810513992590024002009-05-24T10:47:26.438+05:302009-05-24T10:47:26.438+05:30Corruption within the Press is nothing new I guess...Corruption within the Press is nothing new I guess. They support the govt to get more advertisement.Sensationalize something not even worth to mention. Ignore to mention real good things as well. Ultimately thats how business works right.<br /><br />Take good care of yourself.Maddyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13942977619754014724noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3452007250221117551.post-79796301425881261232009-05-24T08:48:26.070+05:302009-05-24T08:48:26.070+05:30No wonder people are reading newspapers using Inte...No wonder people are reading newspapers using Internet and Newspapers are losing revenues. They will learn when their readers dump them also; may be Congress Party will buy their newspaper!!! Just publish in your blog whether they publish or not (looks like junior and editor are playing bad cop n good cop game) !!! I am sure junior guy consulted the senior!!!Riaz-NJhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13772197479286210340noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3452007250221117551.post-92156106862392361802009-05-24T05:41:17.705+05:302009-05-24T05:41:17.705+05:30Money is a paper value created in Mind.Money is a paper value created in Mind.Hobo ........ ........ ........http://www.blogger.com/profile/10022639612541922956noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3452007250221117551.post-77602842319058018412009-05-24T04:12:08.728+05:302009-05-24T04:12:08.728+05:30Mumbai-based documentary film-maker Anand Patwardh...Mumbai-based documentary film-maker Anand Patwardhan wrote an article following the terrorist attacks in the city. The original is to be found at http://www.openspace.org.in/MumbaiAnandPatwardhan .<br /><br />A 'sanitised' version of the article, which has been published in the Hindustan Times, can be accessed at http://www.hindustantimes.com/StoryPage/StoryPage.aspx?id=1a4e229d-e36b-4950-977d-0b513089d0d7 .<br /><br />A comparison of the two versions can help one understand as to how 'free' the press really is in this country.Sidhusaahebhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08428201823375343016noreply@blogger.com